TODD HUFF FOSTERS RACIAL DIVISIONS IN BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD

Todd Huff, a Baltimore County Councilman, does not think the residents of Baltimore County are racially divided - enough.


This is why he is enthusiastically pushing for a statewide referendum on a bill - the DREAM Act - passed by the Maryland General Assembly in 2011. The DREAM Act would permit kids who complete high school in Maryland and are academically qualified, to attend a Maryland Community College, paying in-state tuition. This is fair, since these kids are already Maryland residents.


Mr. Todd Huff does not think so. He wants to forbid these - mostly Latino - high school students from attending college in Maryland, as Maryland residents - which they are. 


Mr. Todd Huff wants to send a message to these kids, many of them resident here for most of their lives, many of them with no memories of life in any other country. But never you mind all of that.


Mr. Huff, Councilman for District 3, wants to send them a racially explosive message: 


GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM. YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE.


The children Mr Huff and his GOP colleagues have targeted are the children of parents, who are not legally in the US.


We are talking about kids, here, like ones I know, who stayed in school, studied hard. Some of them have even applied for and were accepted at a state university and began to attend classes - only to be told that they could not continue because they are "ilegal."


If these kids should be blocked from going to college, where do we draw the next line? 


Should these kids not get medical care if they are sick? 


Should their little sisters and brothers not be allowed to go to K-12? 


Why is it good policy to tell bright Maryland residents they are not wanted here - except in low paying, menial, dead-end employment?


Why is it OK to racially divide the community like this? 


Mr Huff needs to meet these kids. 


Mr. Huff needs to tell them to their eager but now-disappointed faces, that he does not want them around - except maybe to trim his lawn. 


Shame on Mr Huff and on all other politicians and office holders, who believe in maintaining and enlarging the racial divide.   


SOURCE: 
Council Majority Supports Repeal of In-state Tuition for Illegal Immigrants - Towson, MD Patch